| RI | H5433 | Pass | Requires default notices to lessees of self-service storage facilities to be sent to the lessee’s last known address, and would require and advertisement of the sale of personal property to be published once on a publicly accessible website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H5569 | Pass | Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H5602 | Pass | Enables all municipalities to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods during fiscal years 2024 or 2025 for the waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5855 | Pass | Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5007 | Pass | Establishes a lead water supply replacement program for public and private service lines and requires disclosure to tenants and buyers of real property of the presence of lead service lines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5782 | Pass | Subjects to taxation real property owned by nonprofit institutions of higher education/nonprofit hospitals also amends charters issued by the general assembly to nonprofit institutions/hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5869 | Pass | Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6087 | Pass | Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6333 | Pass | Establishes a statewide exemption of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from the tangible property tax beginning January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5562 | Pass | Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5801 | Pass | Add a "national touring production" to the productions that are considered an "accredited theater production" for purposes of musical and theatrical production tax credits and extends the sunset of the credits to July 1 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5991 | Pass | Relative to the provision of home and community based services, provides for the merger of the independent provider program into the personal choice program so that the state has one self-directed program for direct support services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5979 | Pass | Makes statutory amendments throughout several sections of the general laws relating to the department of revenue changing the references of "collection unit" to "central collections unit."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5127 | Pass | Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5074 | Pass | Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5204 | Pass | Requires the secretary of housing to create a consumer guide of landlord-tenant laws to be updated annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5462 | Pass | Designates a liaison position within the secretary of state's office to formulate communication between the department of state and the board of elections and adds accessible voting devices to the equipment maintained by secretary of state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5981 | Pass | Provides that the sale of cannabis be exempt from taxation under chapter 20 of title 44 relating to taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5535 | Pass | Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5829 | Pass | Permits the office of cannabis regulation to provide forms, procedures and requirements with respect to the advertising of cannabis products during the transitional period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6323 | Intro
25% | Provides for the sealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings upon the filing of a motion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H5897 | Pass | Transfers jurisdiction of child endangerment offenses from the family court to the superior court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5906 | Pass | Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5831 | Engross
50% | Provides that liability insurance coverage would be provided for loss of the use of a rental motor vehicle, with limitations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| RI | H5294 | Pass | Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5923 | Engross
50% | Amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person’s residence for personal use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6515 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The Honorable Maria Lopes On Receiving A Lifetime Achievement Award And The Honorable Marcia Ranglin-vassell On Receiving The Legislative Champion Award At The Juneteenth Awards Luncheon On June 17th, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
House read and passed |
| RI | H6512 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Amending The Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Amend The Commission Name, Membership, Appointment Process, Purpose, Funding Allowance Designation, Timeli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-10
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5898 | Engross
50% | Amends the definition of a wayward offense in the Family Court to conform to current statutory penalties for possession of marijuana offenses, promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6068 | Engross
50% | Amends the statute so as to conform to current statutory penalties for possession of marijuana offenses promulgated in The Rhode Island cannabis act allowing for possession up to two (2) ounces of marijuana.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5411 | Engross
50% | Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5864 | Engross
50% | Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals. This act does not prohibit the release of upland game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H6506 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations For Professional And Labor-management Standards That Provide School-based Flexibility And Accountability For Employees Of The Providence Public Sch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H6508 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H6469 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $800,000 To Higher Ground International To Support A One-time Capital Contribution Toward The Construction And Renovations Of Higher Ground International's New Headquarters (this Resolution Would Authorize ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5647 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation For Funding To Justice Assistance Habitat For Justice (allocates $212,500 From The General Fund To Justice Assistance Habitat For Justice To Fund The Position Of Psychiatric--mental Health Nurse And The Positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5978 | Intro
25% | Creates funding for affordable housing programs within the housing department and land bank development programs as well as residential development programs for the construction of low-income units by the department, cities and towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6410 | Intro
25% | Allows for the wholesale sale of cannabis seeds and clones by licensees to licensed cultivators or compassion centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5456 | Engross
50% | Adds the Providence Canteen vehicles to the authorized emergency vehicles equipped with a siren, whistle or bell.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5920 | Engross
50% | Amends the statutory penalties for a second and third possession of marijuana offense to conform to the penalties promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5921 | Engross
50% | Amends the statutory penalties for possession of marijuana offenses to conform to the penalties promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5453 | Engross
50% | Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
House read and passed |
| RI | H5392 | Intro
25% | Eliminates the so-called "marriage penalty tax" by allowing a tax credit for the difference in taxes computed as married individuals filing jointly in excess of the amount of tax for taxpayers filing as individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5470 | Intro
25% | Raises the earned-income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to fifty percent (50%) for the tax years 2024 and beyond.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5476 | Intro
25% | Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale of animal supplies, food and related products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6108 | Intro
25% | Grants a tax credit for any tax placed upon the sale of automobile parts which have a core charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6383 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May 10th, 2023, To Be "lupus Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
House read and passed |
| RI | H5798 | Intro
25% | Increases the daily rate of payments to nursing facilities by twenty percent (20%) for single occupancy rooms to include private bathrooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5992 | Intro
25% | Provides stop gap health insurance coverage for anyone who is found to no longer be eligible for Medicaid due to the end of the Federal COVID-19 Emergency funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5986 | Intro
25% | Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
